# 恋

| 恋 | U+604B, &#24651; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-604B |
| ← 恊 [U+604A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 恌 → [U+604C] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 恋 |
| Simplified | 恋 |
| Traditional | 戀 |

### Han character

恋 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜金心 (YCP), four-corner 0033$_3$, composition ⿱𰁜心 or ⿱亦心)

#### Derived characters

* 𢣫 𦃳 𨄄 𪮠 𰰚

#### Related characters

* 戀 (Traditional form of 恋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 383, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10537
* Dae Jaweon: page 714, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2292, character 7
* Unihan data for U+604B

#### Usage notes

In the Kangxi dictionary (正字通), this character is listed as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 戀.

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 恋 – see 戀 (“to love; to long for; to yearn for; to feel attached to”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 戀).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 恋 – see 甚 (“serious; extreme; excessive; extremely; considerably; very; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 甚).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 恋 |
| Kyūjitai | 戀 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戀)
* attach
* love

#### Readings

* Go-on: れん (ren, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: れん (ren, Jōyō)
* Kun: こう (kou, 恋う, Jōyō)、こい (koi, 恋, Jōyō)、こいしい (koishii, 恋しい, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 恋(れん)恋(れん), 恋(れん)々(れん) (renren)
* 恋(れん)愛(あい) (ren'ai)
* 恋(れん)歌(か) (renka)
* 恋(れん)情(じょう) (renjō)
* 恋(れん)着(ちゃく) (renchaku)
* 恋(れん)慕(ぼ) (renbo)
* 愛(あい)恋(れん) (airen)
* 遠(えん)恋(れん) (enren)
* 失(しつ)恋(れん) (shitsuren)
* 邪(じゃ)恋(れん) (jaren)
* 悲(ひ)恋(れん) (hiren)
* 秘(ひ)恋(れん) (hiren)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 恋
* こい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 戀 (kyūjitai)
⟨ko$_1$pi$_2$⟩ → /kʷopʷɨ/ → /kofi/ → /kowi/ → /koi/
From Old Japanese.
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 恋う (kou, “to love, yearn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こい [kóꜜì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞i]
* Homophones: 濃い, 故意, 鯉

### Noun

恋(こい) • (koi)
* love, especially romantic love
** 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 815; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 65)
    恨(うら)みわびほさぬ袖(そで)だにあるものを恋(こひ)に朽(く)ちなむ名(な)こそ惜(を)しけれ
       urami wabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere
       Anger and sorrow have made my never-dry sleeves a complete ruin―but still more hateful to me is love's ruin of my good name.
* longing, yearning
** c. 1005–07, Shūi Wakashū (book 11, poem 622; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 40)
    しのぶれど色(いろ)に出(い)でにけりわが恋(こひ)は物(もの)や思(おも)ふと人(ひと)の問(と)ふまで
       shinoburedo iro ni idenikeri waga koi wa mono ya omou to hito no tou made
       Even though I hide it, it shows all over my face, such is my longing so that people ask me "What are you thinking about?"

#### Derived terms

* 恋(こい)しい (koishii)
* 恋(こい)する (koisuru)
* 恋(こい)歌(うた) (koiuta)
* 恋(こい)占(うらな)い (koi-uranai)
* 恋(こい)歌(か) (koika)
* 恋(こい)風(かぜ) (koikaze)
* 恋(こい)活(かつ) (koikatsu)
* 恋(こい)心(ごころ) (koigokoro)
* 恋(こい)路(じ) (koiji)
* 恋(こい)塚(づか) (koizuka)
* 恋(こい)疲(づか)れ (koizukare)
* 恋(こい)妻(づま) (koizuma)
* 恋(こい)仲(なか) (koinaka)
* 恋(こい)猫(ねこ) (koineko)
* 恋(こい)の悩(なや)み (koi no nayami)
* 恋(こい)の闇(やみ) (koi no yami)
* 恋(こい)人(びと) (koibito)
* 恋(こい)文(ぶみ) (koibumi)
* 恋(こい)水(みず) (koimizu)
* 恋(こい)物(もの)語(がたり) (koi monogatari)
* 恋(こい)敵(がたき) (koigataki)
* 恋(こい)病(やまい) (koiyamai)
* 恋(こい)煩(わずら)い, 恋(こい)患(わずら)い (koiwazurai)
* 色(いろ)恋(こい) (irokoi)
* 片(かた)恋(こい) (katakoi)
* 妻(つま)恋(ごい) (tsumagoi)
* 初(はつ)恋(こい) (hatsukoi)
* 秘(ひめ)恋(ごい) (himegoi)
* 諸(もろ)恋(ごい) (morogoi)
* 恋(こい)話(ばな), 恋(こい)バナ, 恋(こい)ばな (koibana)

#### Proverbs

* 恋(こい)に上(じょう)下(げ)の隔(へだ)てなし (koi ni jōge no hedate nashi)
* 恋(こい)は曲(くせ)者(もの) (koi wa kusemono)
* 恋(こい)は思(し)案(あん)の外(ほか) (koi wa shian no hoka)
* 恋(こい)は盲(もう)目(もく) (koi wa mōmoku, “love is blind”)
* 恋(こい)は闇(やみ) (koi wa yami, “love is dark → love is blind”)

#### See also

* 愛(あい) (ai)

### Proper noun

恋(こい) • (Koi)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 227
* ↑ Joshua S. Mostow (1996) Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 260

## Korean
### Hanja

恋 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)
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